The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 26, June 29, 2003, Article 17

FAKE BRONZE BOUGHT WITH FAKE MONEY

  Truth is often stranger than fiction.  On the heels of last week's
  tale of the 18-dollar bill by Bill Spengler comes this item from
  Hanoi, as reported by Reuters:

  "A Vietnamese man who used cow fat and paint to pass off a
  lump of iron as valuable black bronze found buyers -- but was
  paid ... in counterfeit bills.   A justice official said 12
  people involved in both frauds were arrested and were
  undergoing trial in southern An Giang province."

  "A group of three business people from Ho Chi Minh City who
  were negotiating to buy the black bronze, which [if real, would
  be] valued on the market at around $1 million, bought a printer
  to produce 900 million Vietnamese dong ($58,214) to pay for
  the deal."

  http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?&storyID=3000794

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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